Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-10-01
A Worthy Cause. Let Every

An effort is being made to establish
in Topeka ssAn Industrial Institute for
Women "a place where orphans or
unfortunate woman without homes, may
90 and find shelter-Where so called
ruined girls may 90 for reformation.
Mrs. NJ. E. DeGreer, the President, and
Mrs. NJ. III. Buck, Sec, publish an APP
peal for aid. In their appeal they tell
" hat prompted then TO start this move
menG to establish a Home. We con-
dense it as follows;
In an Iowa town an accomplished young woman
was in 5jail from an attempt to commit suicide.
Her story was sad one Her mother was
widow. In Chicago iyoungLman courted her
and won her affections and bad "a bogus marriage
ceremony performed and after living with her as
husband left her ia house Of III repute frieudl5ss
and peunileEs. She made her escape but could
md no employment. 10 save herself from starVa-
Her story is too bad for repetition = Two 5ther
young girls who had been deceived by friends in
luman form. with herself left the house Hire
pute ana attempted to abandon the life they had
been leading But where could we go. UnfOT-
tuuate girls like us three, WrOnged and sinLed
against, could hno no place IN the houses of viz
IuOus respectability or Christienityi but no mat
ter how vile or bad men are every door is open TO
them and IL the worst gamblers Hbertlnes or
Tess q change Of heart the ladies OF the churches
lOnize them, the ministers brother them, and all
their crowns Of giOry-but since Christ died."
here she sObbed and said Il won't go TO him,
Z LleeG none 20 speak kluuLI TO L4G Mary ll4l4-
lenes. even the churches chat profess to worship
Him and follow His example, close their doors on
US and, yOu good women, unlike the mother Of
Christ and Mary the sisters OF Lazarus refuse 20
give your counsel or society. Upon my replying
that would help my OWu sex TO a life of honor
and usefulness any time the crusaders would,
and that the WOmcn's Christian Temperance I'm
ion were working in that direction, she replied:
Why don't you then, instead Of giving all Your
means TO help TO build Young Mems Christian As
sociations and found colleges and institutes for
men, build homes for your needy sister and help
active uEGLuL HE again.
II there nad been amy nepLul as sOclaUlOn Tor WO-
| men like the Young Men s Christian Association
for men, Oh! how gladly we would lave gone 70
any industrial home where We could nave learned
useful work and have been helped to honest en-
pigment then would not be here to-day
Another case is giyCslg two orphan girls aged 10
and H. We're sent 70 Jail and ind $50 90 each and
costs. They are mere children, but when their
term of imprisonment lis out where are they to GOT
is this how American cItIzens-orphan girls
III their teens yeL-snOulQ De treated under QUIZ
stars of light and stripes Of liberty and christian
dOmess Oh, mothers, what would you do If these
were your daughters: But they are the daughters
Of dead mothers, helpless TO save, and God and
His angels would bless you for their rescue. If
/ our institute had been ready would have brought
them to il, and treated them kindly and taught
them useful labor and found them homes and
work. When j asked them ii they would come
! they Wept with JOY and beg NE TO take them.
Iney are there yet and III amy doubt this story
VIII tell YOU where. Citizens Of Kan saE, aid us in
finishing this home and institute for needy girls
We want 10 make our educational industrial in
stitute a school OF learning in domestic work FIRST
I IN such trades and professions as women have
tastes and talents for as well as temporary home,
I with a woman exchange and state employment
bureau 10 provide employ nent and homes FOR the
needy working women. Our institution is not
for the reformation OF unfortunate girls alone. II
VIII be practical school or useful learning to all
women who need instruction in domestic, useful
and literary art, and u temporary home for the
homeless, TIL our employment bureau department
l finds employment for the needy.
H. &. DEGRER, Pres
Mrs N. H. BUCKs sec'y L. L. ana &. A.